Patchwork and TBAs: See Glastonbury 2025’s secret sets and rumours
Glastonbury‘s full lineup has now been announced, and with a whopping 56 TBAs and a mysterious guest called “Patchwork”, rumours have begun to swirl.
The legendary event will soon return to Worthy Farm in Somerset between June 25 and 29, where it will host headliners Neil Young, Rod Stewart, The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo on the Pyramid Stage, and Loyle Carner, Charli XCX and The Prodigy on the Other Stage. Glastonbury will then take a fallow year in 2026.
Now, with the full lineup and day splits unveiled, fans have noticed a huge number of potential secret sets for this year.
Most notably, there’s a glaring ‘TBA’ at the Pyramid stage on Friday before Alanis Morrissette‘s set. There’s also a mystery show at the Woodsies early on Friday at 11.30am, whilst the Park Stage also has a gap on Saturday in between Gary Numan and Beth Gibbons.
A mysterious band called “Patchwork” will also be playing at the Pyramid Stage on Saturday. In 2023, Glastonbury platformed another mysterious band at the Pyramid called the Churnups, who turned out to be the Foo Fighters. This year, it’s been speculated Patchwork could actually be Haim – and they are playing an isolated one-off date in Margate on June 27 ahead of their ‘I Quit’ tour starting in September.
One user has suggested the name may reference a novel written by Sylvia Haim, along with a 2015 movie featuring three young women – paralleling the three sisters that make up Haim.
Some have also speculated Sam Fender may make an appearance at the festival. Amidst his giant summer outdoor shows this year, there’s a hefty Glasto-sized gap in his touring schedule. Robbie Williams also has a gap in his huge UK, Ireland and Europe tour for a potential Glastonbury secret set. Williams is soon to release his brand new album ‘BRITPOP’, with its cover referencing his iconic 1995 appearance – could this be a signal that he’s returning to the festival?
There’s a chance Lorde could also perform a secret show at the festival following the news of her highly-anticipated new album ‘Virgin’. She last played in 2022, and could possibly return ahead of her ‘Ultrasound’ world tour commencing in September. Yungblud has also been named as a potential surprise appearance; he’ll headline his own BludFest the week before, and will have just released the first half of his “fucking rock opera double album”, ‘Idols’.
Meanwhile, there’s another gap just before Fatboy Slim takes to the stage at Shangri-La on Saturday. Some have speculated that Kneecap may play this slot; they were previously listed for an extra set at Shangri-La alongside their confirmed West Holts appearance, but can no longer be found on the Shangri-La lineup.
More TBAs include the Stonebridge Bar on Friday, where there’s a mystery guest after Erol Alkan‘s B2B with Fall Forward. There’s also another TBA following Idris Elba‘s set on Saturday at Greenpeace, two TBAs at the Scissors stage, and three TBAs at the BBC Introducing stage – with one mystery headliner yet to be revealed on Sunday.
Last year saw a swathe of huge acts play secret sets at Glastonbury. Kasabian caused such a stir at the Woodsies that the festival had to shut down the stage to prevent overcrowding, where they played a mix of their their biggest hits, songs from their latest album ‘Happenings’ and homages to dance music.
Meanwhile, Fred Again.. played an intimate secret set at Strummerville, where he performed a repertoire of then-unreleased ambient music from his collaborative album with Brian Eno.
Tickets initially sold out last November, with the official resales then taking place in April. There’s a bunch of Glasto first-timers soon to play including Alanis Morissette, Noah Kahan, Lola Young, Myles Smith (winner of this year’s BRITs Rising Star award), Busta Rhymes, Brandi Carlile and Gary Numan.
Elsewhere, it was confirmed that Doechii would be clashing with Charli XCX when she closes out the West Holts Stage on Saturday evening.
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